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In significant judgement the Supreme Court Today dismissed the central governments plea for a review of its Jan 21 order which said unexplained and inordinate delay in deciding mercy petitions was a ground for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment. The court Expressed that there could be no distinction between people convicted under anti-terror laws or normal criminal laws for seeking commutation of death sentence on the grounds of inordinate and unreasonable delay in deciding the mercy petition by the president. The court said this also included death row convicts suffering from insanity or mental illness or schizophrenia.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:02:08 +0000

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